This report is one of four prepared by the Regional Australia Institute in 2023/24, looking into issues affecting regions as Australia moves towards net zero emissions by 2050. The report sets out potential pathways for communities and businesses in regional Australia by exploring Australia’s position in the global context; examining the role of regional cities...

Regional job advertisements grew three times faster than in metropolitan Australia at the end of 2022, with demand for doctors and nurses skyrocketing. This report analyses regional job vacancy data from both 2022 and from the last decade to present a view of the labour market challenges and opportunities in regional Australia.

This discussion paper highlights the different drivers of housing problems in different parts of regional Australia. These different drivers mean that the responses also need to be tailored to each region if they are to be effective.

This report looks at the way that people have moved around the country between the last two national Census in 2011 and 2016, where they chose to move to or move from, and the communities in which they decided to stay. It sets out a complex picture of population mobility, in which people move to...

The RAI is calling for a new national awareness campaign to promote the opportunities of living in regional Australia, and help drive a population shift in coming decades. The recommendation is part of this new report that looks at the economic consequences of alternative population scenarios that could alleviate Australia’s megacity future and supercharge regions.